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110 Diseases, Disabilities and Disorders in English and Chinese
This is the sequel to my previous post 66 Common Symptoms in English and Chinese (which has now grown to 102!). This glossary includes all common infectious diseases, disorders, disabilities, chromosomal abnormalities, neurodegenerative disorders, mental disorders, phobias, and so on. Some entries include the formal medical titles, former names and colloquialisms in brackets. Hope you […]
102 Medical Symptoms in English and Chinese
This week I’ve been doing medical interpreting training with my fantastic mentor, Michael. With the help of my talented colleagues (and Google!) I’ve come up with a comprehensive list of common medical symptoms in English and Chinese. Originally it was a list of 66, but now I’ve added an extra 36 to get to 102! […]
Describing Skin Conditions
In English we commonly use the verb “have” with any number of nouns to express a bodily condition. A commonly cited example is “have a headache”, which in Mandarin must be expressed as 我的头疼 wǒ de tóu téng (literally, “my head aches”). Another example is “have a mouth ulcer” which, if translated literally into Mandarin […]
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